Pimp my xorg.conf ---> ati x1650 and 3d games

**|{urse** · May 5th, 2008

Originally Posted by ppeetteerr

If you have xorg 7.3 you may not need an xorg.conf try moving it to a new directory and restarting X. I have the same card and just installed the drivers and started X

Running hardy

Interesting. I'll try that when i get home. I'm at work atm. To tell you the truth I don't see how that's possible but at this point lol not much would surprise me.

**|{urse** · May 6th, 2008

nope, had to move it back to get a gui init 5 =\

heres my most recent xorg.conf

Compiz is omfg fast but still no 3d gaming.

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"

	# Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet
	#	InputDevice     "stylus"	"SendCoreEvents"
	#	InputDevice     "cursor"	"SendCoreEvents"
	#	InputDevice     "eraser"	"SendCoreEvents"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	    "AIGLX" "false"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "CoreKeyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "stylus"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "stylus"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "eraser"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "eraser"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "cursor"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "cursor"
	Option	    "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

I'm going to delete the part that says:

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "false"
EndSection

and restart X.

and it did nothing which i figured it wouldnt as i'm not using aiglx.

**|{urse** · May 6th, 2008

Oh and just to recap. I cant even open catalyst control center which says the driver isn't installed (even though it is) whenever i run glxgears the system halts, and whenever i try to logout now the system halts. This problem has been reproduced 3 times on the same HW configuration and driver was installed each time using instructions from the wiki.

http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide <-- this'n

**Torgas Prim** · May 6th, 2008

At least he can get fglrx showing in xorg

**features** · May 6th, 2008

I think the problem may be in this section of your xorg.conf...

Code:

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ATI Technologies Inc ATI Default Card"
	Driver		"fglrx"
	Busid		"PCI:2:0:0"
	Option		"XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps"	"true"
	Option		"AddARGBGLXVisuals"	"true"
	Option		"AllowGLXWithComposite"	"true"
	Option		"EnablePageFlip"	"true"
	Option		"AccelMethod"	"EXA"
	Option		"MigrationHeuristic"	"greedy"
	Option		"DRI"	"true"
	Option		"TexturedVideo"	"on"
	Option		"UseFastTLS"	"0"
	Option		"BlockSignalsOnLock"	"on"
	Option		"KernelModuleParm"	"locked-userpages=0"
	Option		"ForceGenericCPU"	"off"
	Option		"VideoOverlay"	"on"
	Option		"OpenGLOverlay"	"off"
EndSection

AFAIK, you can only have one overlay method on. You've got VideoOverlay and TexturedVideo on .. try turning Video Overlay off, since TexturedVideo is intended for the newer ATI cards

Here is mine for reference - it's an X1300 Mobility...ignore all the stuff for dual-head.

Code:

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ATI Graphics Adapter 0"
	Driver		"fglrx"
	Option		"VideoOverlay"	"off	"
	Option		"OpenGLOverlay"	"off"
	Option 		"TexturedVideo" "on"
	Option		"EnablePrivateBackZ"	"yes"
	Option		"UseInternalAGPGART"	"no"
	Option 		"XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "on" 
	Option 		"UseFastTLS" "1" 
	Option 		"BackingStore" "on" 
	#dual head Option		"DesktopSetup"	"horizontal"
	#dual head Option		"HSync2"	"64"
	#dual head Option		"VRefresh2"	"60"
	#dual head Option		"Mode2"	"1280x1024"
	#dual head Option		"PairModes"	"1280x800+1280x1024"
	#NOT USED	Option		"MonitorLayout"	"LVDS,AUTO"
	Busid		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

And I second the bit about going to http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide and following the troubleshooting info there.

Hope this helps!

**|{urse** · May 6th, 2008

lol my xorg.conf has changed 3 times since that post. and my posts above stated that was the exact guide i used each time. Thanks for the replies though.

now check this out!
I got hella p.o.ed and did exactly what i was told not to bother trying. installed hardy instead of gutsy

kurse@kurse-desktop:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Radeon X1650 Series
OpenGL version string: 2.1.7415 Release

!! NO MORE MESA THANK BAWDo
and...

27392 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5478.215 FPS
27404 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5480.686 FPS
26826 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5365.080 FPS
23746 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4749.166 FPS
22848 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4569.472 FPS
26758 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5351.540 FPS

!!!!
Diagnosis: HARDY <3's ATI

I'll have nexuiz installerated in a minute here.
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and for giving me the same link i was already using 5 times! lol j/k but thank you. Hopefully this helps someone.

EDIT: In hindsight i think this may have something to do with my buggy sk8n mobo. My ati card wont even display the bios splash correctly due to its nforce chipset. Iunno.